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Post by StokerDon » Sat. Apr. 19, 2014 10:17 am

Yesterday afternoon I decided to put together my spare Yellow Flame 3 grate stoker. I had enough spare parts except for a couple linkage parts, I used a couple bolts, washers and nuts as a subsititute. I assembled it all on a furneture dolly with 6x6's and 16"x16" pavers to boost it up a bit. I clamped a couple pieces of steel to the base and the feeder castings to hold them in place. Then I wheeled it outside the garage, put some coal in it and lit it!
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Yellow Flame 3 grate stoker

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Yellow Flame 3 grate stoker

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Yellow Flame 3 grate stoker

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More fun than a fire pit!

-Don
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Yellow Flame 3 grate stoker

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Post by Carbon12 » Sat. Apr. 19, 2014 10:29 am

Excellent! A new outdoor BBQ! :lol:

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Sat. Apr. 19, 2014 8:44 pm

The lawn tractor had an American flag on it, did you burn it off the stoker unit :D :D Maybe put it under that white thing in the garage and see what happens :o

 
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Post by davidmcbeth3 » Sat. Apr. 19, 2014 9:13 pm

He does wiring like me !

Neat pics.

Can't wait for follow-up pics of the walking on the coals.


 
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Post by Pauliewog » Sat. Apr. 19, 2014 11:25 pm

It did seem like it got a little warmer outside late yesterday afternoon! Now I know why. :D

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Sun. Apr. 20, 2014 1:05 pm

Just do'in my part to help out global warming. It's had a tough time this winter! :lol:

-Don

 
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Post by samhill » Sun. Apr. 20, 2014 1:11 pm

Why didn't you do that a month or so ago?

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Sun. Apr. 20, 2014 8:10 pm

I didn't have all the parts, or time a month ago. I still have get some new grates and side rails. You can see in one of the photos, that shows the ends of the grates, how warped they are. They are my current spares.

-Don


 
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Post by Rob R. » Sun. Apr. 20, 2014 8:30 pm

You won't have any trouble boiling sweet corn. ;)

 
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Post by anthony7812 » Sun. Apr. 20, 2014 9:15 pm

That sucker would have boiler sap pretty quick a month or 2 ago ;)

 
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Post by stovepipemike » Mon. Apr. 21, 2014 7:41 am

Great way to exercise your options/backup equipment . Nice sharp pictures too. Keep it up and you will become our resident YF expert and go to guy!! By the way can you determine if Yellow Flame used nickel welding rods on their hoppers? Mike

 
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Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Harman SF3500 reduced down to 3 grates connected to its own plenum
Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Wed. Apr. 23, 2014 3:53 pm

Mike,

How would I be able to tell if the hopper was welded with nickel?

I can say one thing about the hoppers; The one that came with my boiler is gavinized sheet and looked almost new after clean up, no rust, no holes, some slight surface corrosion at the bottom. I cleaned it, wire wheeled it, cleaned it again and painted it. ready for another 30 years!

The hopper that I just got is rusted out, I will open it up and post some photos. They don't realy look like they are welded, looks like they are folded and crimped?

-Don

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